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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

Mr.. Jefferson has built a typicalIy
Southern house of barOnial proper
tons, full of treasures from every coun-
try in the world, on the very crest Of
the hill; the verandas, with a frontage
of ninety feet, overlook the rlain Of
Attakapas to the Gulf A hedge of
roses nearly as thick as the Chinese
wall. runs for seven miles around the
uplands, dividing it from the sea-
marshes.
When the roses and magnoIias and
orange plantations which encircle the
house are in bloom they send their soft
greetings through the pure air for
miles across the prairies.
The plantation is in the charge of an
Acadian Overseer, NJ. Joseph Landry,
who is a good representative of his
race, and a curious specimen, too, of
the kind Of man which intelligence,
schrewdness. a brave, simple nature,
and tremendous physique will make,
with no help whatever from society or
schools. The loyalty of these people
to their employers belongs to the feudaI
days. The night before, Landry had
faced single-handed a herd of angry
cattle, standing in the narrow lagoon
in water to his waist from dark until
morning. to keep them from rushing
down to the flooded sea-marsh, where
they would inevitably have drowned.
"Can fight le wat ct le cat',' he
grumbled, "but le mOsquit'-he beat
me-"
Mr.. Jefferson is known to his AGA
dian neighbors and the negroes only as
a planter, wise in oranges and cattle,
but they have an intense curiosity con-
corning some other mysterious avoca-
ton which he is vaguely reported to
follow during the summer, and which
they suspect has something to do with
swallowing fire and swords. One of his
negroes, when they were alone to-
gether on the prairie one day, burst
out with: MS Jef'son, lemme see dat
ar. We hyah all by oUrseI's. Fob de
LOhd's sake, cut up a bit. Rebecca
Harding DGUts, IN HaTPeT's H0gn-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

"I remember when I was ont with
the One Hundred Wives combination.
We played one night in q little town
near Pittsburgh. It was on q Saturday
night, and we were to open at the
Chestnut Street Opera House in Phil
adelPhia on the following Monday.
There was a political parade in that
town that night, and when the curtain
went up I sized up the audience. There
were sixteen persons IN the house. I
walked off the stage and inquired of the
gas man what the fare was to PhiIadeI-
/ phia, including a sleeping birth. Then
L multiplied the amount by the number
in the company and found we wanted
s349 to get to Philadelphia. I counted
! up my loose change and found I had
Isixty-seven cents. We made a camp
town, and found that the financial re-
sources Of the entire company were
painfully limited. When I went on in
| the second act I had the stomach-ache
at the thought Of having to amuse those
sixteen persons In the audience, but I
hadn't been on the stage two minutes
when the people began rushing in by
the dozens. In five minutes the house
was we'll filed. In my delirious Joy
and absence of mind I walked down
to the leader Of the orchestra and
warmly grasped his hand. I uttered
the single word Saved, and then I
went to work. I think the audience
thought it was in the play for me to
shake hands with the leader of the or
chestra. Well, we took in enough
money to pay all our expenses and, as
true as Pm living, when we got to
Philadelphia the treasurer had just 81
left. 1t was a close call. You see,
after the political parade was over the
people elme 10 the shoW.--De WoLfe
| Hopper.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

better how it should be determined.
A young fellow twenty-seven years of
age ascends by means of a balloon,
sometimes as high as five thousand
feet, throws himself over from the
basket and drops to the ground. Hap
PLY, he is assisted by a parachute, or
else he would not have dropped but
once, and that once would have been
too often.
Thomas s. Baldwin, of Quincy, III,
Is the name of the young man. He
Travelled for several years with a circus
as q professional gymnast, then took to
tight-rOpe walking. and finally to bal
looming. His first jump from a balloon
was made in January Of this year at
San Francisco. He jumped from q
height of one thousand feet. This was
enough to thrill twenty-five thousand
people; but it was only the modest
beginning. At Syracuse September
last he had attained an elevation of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

five thousand feet before he switched
of on the parachute route
Mr.. Baldwin remained in New York
few days after this before going West.
What he has to say about this feat
which he so successfully practices,
nay prove of interest to the very large
number who viii never know from ex-
.perience what such journey means.
~What led you into this hazardous
kind OF feat2" was quite a natural
question to begin with.
We'll, 1 am fond of things that are
daring / have been a gymnast per
former for some time, and also a tight
rope walker. 1 was very much inter
ested in ballOOning, and accounts which
] read of several descents from them
by means Of parachutes took my fancy.
A Frsnchman did il all right, but an
Englishman tried it and came to grief.
He was killed. i he parachute col
lapsed. / gave the matter a good deal
of thought, trying to work out the
thing Then / practiced before at
tempting the very high jump. There
is scientific pr nciple enough in the feat
to see what the effect ought to be of
such an experiment But there is
enough uncertainty about it to make it
3 little dangerous. There Is always
the possibility of the parachutes col
lapsing, and If it does that at any
height, why, it would be a miracle if a
fellow escaped death. He would get
crushed to pieces when he struck the
ground
What sort of parachute do you
use?"
/ have used several kinds. have
them made of Wamsutta muslin, and
without any ribs. Sometimes they
have seven or eight ribs. 1t is about
sixteen or eighteen feet IN diameter
The cords which are attached to it
come down and fasten to an iron ring
The ring is what hold on to when ]
drop.
"How is the parachute arranged in
the balloon?"
at is fastened by the top to the side
Of the balloon so that the ring hangs
somewhat below the top of the car. 1t
is tied so that the weight Of my body
when it bears on the fastenings breaks
them loose. and the parachute is free
Of the balloon. That have to let go,
and two or three times 1 have nearly
lost it, and the poor old thing shows
the wounds it has received where it is
patched up. But it is q trusty old
ship though L mean TO get new one
for next season.
Well, tell me Just how you make
your arrangements.
~ get a good hold Of the iron ring.
That is pretty important, you can bet
1t isn't easy to make any change on the
way down, and If you let 60, why,
then you won't make any more jumps,
that is all. But i am not afraid of
los ng my hold because I have not good
enough grip. Ny hands are pretty
strong, and 4 can hold on well enough.
The dangerous part Of this holding on
IS that my arms get strained so through
the Wrenching they get from the sway
ing motion, the oscillations, that some
times the strain is very great and they
become completely exhausted. After
I have gripped on to the ring, I get
carefully over the rim Of the basket,
and then drop. There is no need to
spriug ont 1t Is not so good, because
the stEaighteE down one goes the
easier g = for the parachute 20 GIL olt
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

@Oh, 7 think It very likely that I
may. There may be somebody else IN
the field next year, and then jumping
matches could be arranged to see who
would spring from the greatest eleva-
ton. It wouldn't take much more
courage to 60 up a few thousand feet
more and spring OF. When you are
up so high as that the earth looks pref
~ small. I came down through a
cloud once. It was below me as far as
it was above the spectators on the
ground beneath"
Professor Baldwin, for he deserves
the title Of professor Of aeronauties,
has received two handsome gold
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16
Al Aruul Shopper.

A woman entered a dry goods store,
and approached one Of the clerks.
@Please do these mp, " she said, han Fir g
him two Old newspapers.
He looked surprised, aud she ex-
planned
% amt ont on a regular shopping
tower, and amt agoin' to buy ANYTHING.
but there's that Mrs. Simpson, that has
half our pew at church, Just loaded
down with bundles. She'll never know
the difference.
As the clerk was tying up the news
papers she said in a low voice:
make it look as much like s SIX
dress pattern IS You can, mister; i5sll
Eorry her more. Detroit Free Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

often enough to make a good many
willing to try it Most Of the balloon
gymnasts, however, have a trapeze
fastened to a captive balloon, and when
they are up about a thousand feet they
perform feats on that.
do you think there Is any practical
value in q feat of this kind ?"
"Well, it is always a valuable thing
to do something new and show what a
man can do. don't suppose it does
any good. OF course baliOoning can
be of use. They found that ont in
Paris when they used to send them ont
during the commune. And they are
useful in time ofWar to reconnoter tho
enemy's position But 1 like it we'll
enough. and people like to see it, too.
There is always more interest," In any
thing that looks dangerous
DO You intend to jump in this way
next YeaEl
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16
HAP0IEoNs STAR

flS1poleon called himself -ths child Of dss
any and said that he always saw a star befor
him which leo him forward over the battlefield
o Fietory.l
A star before me shining bright
Leads me along.
In daytime as In dlrkesr night
The steady rays OF crimson light
Before me shine,
And where it leads. there follow,
Follow 20 success.
u leads me 70 the battlefield,
AND 10 the fray
Shines clear and bright before my eyes.
And from the nsld hOmeWard march
A cpnquerOf,
And where Il leads. there follow,
Follow 70 success.
II may be kings are in my way,
IL matters not
Thrones easily are oVarthroWu
And Kingdoms fail ia dust Whena'er
Ny star leads on.
And where IS leads there follow
Follow to success.
CHICAGO, NJ
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16
A DARING AERONAUT.
The Thrilling ami PerilOus Exploits
Of Thomas S. Baldwin, or
Quincy, Ill.
Leaping from a Balloon and Falling
Thousands Of Feet to the
Earth.

A novelty has been supplied to the
lovers Of excitement. Whether it falls
under the head Of aerOnautics, gymnas-
tics or simply daring, does not seem
easy to determine. 1t certainly involves
ali three, although the man who sup
plies the novelty is as cool as if he were
Holding & napkin.
Perhaps an explanation of the feat
may ENABLE the reader to appreciate
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

Known aud used by Physieians all over the
world. SOOTr1s EATULsIOE not only gives
flesh and strength Dy virtue of its own nu-
trItOus properties, but Gates an a. petite
for food that builds mp the wasted body. 4
have been using SCOTS Emulsion for sew
sral years, and am pleased with its action.
My patients say 1t is PLEASANT and palatable,
and all grow stronger and gain flesh from
the use OF II. I use it IN all cases of Wasting
Diseases, and it is specially useful for child
rem when nutrient medication is needed, as
in Marasmus. a. 7 w. PIEROE, NJ. D., Knox.
vile, Ala.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16
Physicians' test.

The physicians in Lowell, who are testing
the Moxie Nerve Food plant on paralysis and
nervous exhaustion, in addition to tie num-
Der already reported, have recovered a Mrs.
Brock, OF Barnet, Vt, q long time helpless.
A Mrs. Cheney, IS Bleachery street, Lowell.
It's greatest popularity springs from the fact
that it substitutes stimuIants and tonic
without harm and imparts great powers OF
endurance. The apOthecaries are besieged
Tor It everywhere. Large companies are
forming for its manufact1rs ell over the
world.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

Mr.. O'BRIES. the home-ruIe Irish
editor, is confined in a cell six feet by
eight, is fed on bread and water, and is
denied the consolation Of seeing the
prison chaplain. This does not seem
to be enough for his jaiIers. They in
sist that he shall wear prison garb.
exercise with murderers and cutthroats,
and do all the other meniaI and degrad-
ing work which malefactors are con
demned to do. And all this because
he advised some Irish tenants to resist
the payment Of rack-rents to alien land
lords and encouraged others to resist
svictions from holdings In which the
law of the land now holds that they
have an equity. Mr.. O'Brien Is stoutly
resisting the attempt Of the Tories to
punish persons convicted Of political
ohenses as If they were burglars,
murderer and highuaymen. So far
he has succeeded.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

PROF.. GUSTAV RETZIUs has a chapter
In his sketches of Finland respecting
the uses which the Finnish people make
Of birch bark. Shoes are made o. it..
The bark, having been peeled, is cut
into strips, rolled up carefully and put
away for future use. When the Finnish
peasant wants a pair of new shoes he
takes out one of his rolls, cuts it I'D
into strips of suitable width, soaks It in
water TO soften it, and then weaves 1t
into the form he desires. 1t is all done
very rapidly, a half-hour or less some
times suficing for the whole work.
Many other uses are found for birch
bark. The sheath in which the peas
ant carries MS inseparable knife is
made Of It. 1t is woven into pockets or
bags of various sizes, which are used
ali over Finland. Birch bark Is made
into salt tubs, cords and lines, brushes
for washing out wooden vessels, boxes,
sleeves. and tubs, and many other
articles for which we use wood or
haskell material
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16
Among the people of today there are

Among the people of to-day there are few
indeed have not heard Of the merits of
PrioEly Ash Bark and Berries, as a house
hold remedy. Teas and drinks have been
made Of them for centuries, and in hundreds
of families have formed the sole reliance in
rheumatic and kidney diseases. Prickly Ash
Bitters now take the place of the old sys-
Jem and Is more beneficial in all troubles Of
this nature.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16
The Buzzard as a Prophet.

An old darby discovered a buzzard
sailing so high as to look ike a mere
speck on the sky, and said: @See dat
buzzard way up er yCnder?" After
straining our eyes hard, we replied yes.
Well, said the aged man, @llits gwine
ter turn cold; TIE never seed it ter fail.
When buzzard fly high in summer hits
gwine ter be cold, boss" In two hours
after clouds appeared in the west, and
there was a change of ten degrees in
the temperature. lfilledgeUilIe (Ga.J
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16
Two PItifnI Gases.

Two bruised and battered patients
lay side by side in a hospital ward.
@I'm a baseball umpire. said one
EWho are you?'
Il was one OF the judges at a baby
show, said the other; and then the
orderly came and gave each Of them 8
hypodermic injection of morphine. -
Nom Vo7-E. Sam
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

Of the YoUTH's COMPANION Announcement
for 1888 just published are its six illustrated
Serial Stories, by TrOWbridge, Stephens, and
others, its two hundred Short Stories and
Tales Of Adventure, its articles by eminent
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and full years subscription from that
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Box251

The husbands who handed their money
to their wives at the time Of the late
train robbery, have not yet had it returned
20 them. The surprise Of the wives was 81
great that they have not recovered from It
The money ia efectually lost as though tbs
robbers had taken it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

o Sata Ken, young japanese lady writ
sr, has been taken on tine editorial star #
one of the best newspapers in Toxic. This
Is the first woman in the kingdom Of the
mikado who has been admitted wi hin the
circles Of journalism.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16
First Stroke of Pain
EVERY YEAR TO THOUSANDS.

The Class.-Fifty million population. Pain
for the first time TO one in every ten.
Five million need relief How? Promptly
permanently. Certainty Of cure at reason
able cost. How to find out2 On repUta-
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Consumption surely cured

Please inform your readers that have a
positive remedy for the above named dis
ease. By its timely use thousands of hope
less cases have been permanently cured.
shall be glad to send two bottles of my rsm-
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Respectfully,
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New York.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

The school teacher at OsceoIa, " T., is a
young woman of only IS years; but she mas
no difficulty in keeping order, for she threat
ems TO down on the Hrst pupil who is in
subordinate. She weighs 325 pounds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

medals for his feats. One Is from his
fellow-tOwnsmen of Quincy, which
shows that it is an npPreciative city,
another was the offering of the Knights
of Pythias. Both were commemOrE-
tive Of his marvellous leaps.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

Salvation Oils the celebrated American
remedy for cuts, bruises, sprains, burns
scalds, chiIblains, &c. All druggists sell it.
It kills pain. p cents.
Old Deacon Dobson boosted that he vas
always prepared for the WoEst;'' and 80 be
vas, for he always kept Dr.. Bulls Cough
Syrup In the house, the only safe remedy for
coughs and colds.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

celebrated her Tooth birthday, recently. She
married her cousin in 1916, and from the
union came 10 children, D grandchildren
80 REORGANIZATION and one great
Rreat-grandchild.
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are chronic cases.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

when Baby was sick, We gave her CaatOEia.
When she WAS Child, she cried for Castozia,
When she became Misc, shs chung to CastOria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoril
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

One OF the most important schools in
Greece is one for the higher education OF
women Greek women are growing to be as
renowned for culture as are the daughters
Of Boston.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

If you have barbed wire fences, keep VEr-
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16
CATARRH CuRrn-

A clergyman, after years of suffering from.
that lOathesOme disease, Catarrh, and vainIy
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recipe free Of charge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

Miss Kate Field has one of the last me
mentoes of the late Senator LOgan-a note
Of regret at his inability to attend her lee
ture before the G. a. R., IN Washington.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

The Baltimore school board has Just voted
down a motion to abolish corporal punish
ment in the public schOOis-yeas 8, nays 8.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

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pain. 8. 1t cures IN all cases used &C
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

Taking four heads of hair of equaI weight,
a patient German Psychologist found the red
one to contain about 81, COZ hairs; the black
10000; the brown 100000, and the blonde
10000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

Mrs. Susan Foss Bunker, who recently
died in Harmony, Ne, had lived 104 years
and three months. Five generations Of her
descendants were present at her funeral.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat should not
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Sold 5y Druggists and Dealers EUsryloAsrs.
he Charles A. vOgsIeF Co., Baltic, Nd
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he mple--Take up st. Jacobs
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Barbsd Wire.

A bill has been introduced in the South
Carolina legislature to reduce the salaries
Of all the state officers and their clerks.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

A number Of spurious postal cards found
ecuted that their detection was very difficult
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

The Crawford house, in the White noun
tain notch, New Hampshire, built in 1893, is
to be repaired for a summer hotel.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

Carl Werner, a ''straW bon6sman." yyas
sentenced 70 seven years in the penitentiary
by a New York court, the other day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

In Los Angeles, Cal, the city council is
considering proposition to levy tax OF
500 per month on real estate dealers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-12-16

The best 0ugh medicine is Piso's cure 70
consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.